Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Chocolate Brownies

Preparation info
  • Makes About

    20

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

A good brownie is a rich chocolate experience, but how good it tastes will depend on the quality of the chocolate. An electric mixer is essential, because this recipe will not work with a food processor. For a real treat, serve your brownies with some good-quality vanilla ice-cream.

Ingredients

  • 115 g/ 4 oz best confectioner’s chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 115 g/ 4

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/gas 3. Put the chocolate to melt in a bowl set over hot water, making sure it does not come into direct contact with the water. Put the butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and work at high speed with the paddle-type beater (as distinct from the whisk